Burial vault



J. T. ELMORE.

BURIAL VAULT. APPLICATION FJLED NOV-'10. 1919.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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' A TTORNEYS J. T. ELMORE.

BURIAL VAULT.

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JOHN THOMAS ELMORE, 01 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

BURIAL VAULT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application filed November 10, 1919. Serial 170. 886,958.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS ELMORE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial Vaults, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to burial vaults and 7 more particularly to burial vaults of the improved reinforced concrete type,

An important object of my mvent1on 18 to provide animproved reinforced concrete burial vault in which the parts thereof are -so constructed, arranged, and related as to scription and appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved vault as itwill appear assembled and in use;

Figure 2 is a view taken in vertical section on line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view taken in vertical section on line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the cover showing the bottom side up; V

Figure 5 is a detail View of the improved joint between the cover and the hollow re-' ceptacle.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that-my invention includes in general a hollow receptacle indicated generally at A, preferably positioned in the ground, as shown in Figures 2 and 3; a cover indicated generally at B, adapted to be connected with the hollow receptacle in a manner to be hereinafter more fully described and to present the appearance shown-in Figure 1; and a plastic bond indicated generally at C, adapted'to cooperate with the physical features of construction and arrangement of the hollow receptacle and cover to unite said receptacle and cover to form a substantially unitary structure, possessing, with respect to the extenor, all the qualities ofstrength and structural integrity with which a unitary, integral, and monolithic structure of this kind would be endowed; the material con- .stituting the hollow receptacle and cover bemg preferably of concrete, althou h any substance of similar character may employed, the concrete being water-proofed and finished to present the desired appearance.

The hollow receptacle comprises a bottom wall 10 and vertical side and end walls 11 and 12, respectively, which are preferably integral with the bottom wall and are disposed vertically or perpendicularly with respect to said bottom wall. The top edge or surface of the said side and end walls is provided with a groove 13 extending entirely around these top edges. The outer wall of this groove is inclined upwardly and outwardly, as shown at 14 in the drawings, and the inner wall 15 of this groove is vertical. An upstanding flange 16 is formed on the inner portion of the top edges of the side and end walls and extends entirely around said walls. The inner vertical wall of this flange is coincident with the inner wall of the hollow receptacle and the outer wall of this flange is coincident with the inner vertical wall of the groove 13.

The cover B has its marginal portion 17 of increased cross section or of relatively cover. On the under side of the cover is formed a depending flange 19. This flange is adapted to enter the groove 13 of the hollow receptacle and is formed, in all respects, to correspond therewith, having an inner vertical wall and an outer inclined wall, as shown. The flange extends entirely around the cover, and the inner vertical wall of the flange is aligned with the inner Surface of the thickened marginal portion:

The bottom and side walls of the hollow receptacle are reinforced by a suitable reinforcing element 20, as shown, the upper ends of the reinforce in the side and end Walls being branched, as at 20, to form a Y. The reinforce 21 of the cover extends substantially horizontally and is then bent downwardly through the thickened portion into the depending flange, as shown at 21 to serve not only to reinforce the cover and depending flange, but when the cover is mountarranged between the branch of the ed on the hollow receptacle, a portion of the reinforce in the depending flan icsl an in this manner a continuous reinforce is obtained.

In order to effect relief in the event .of burial alive, the cover of the vault is provided with a main vent 22. This vent is, however, normally sealed by fra 'ble and preferably transparent means 23 w ich may be a disk of glass seated in therconcrete, or material forming the cover, and so serving to normally seal the vent. This frangible means is preferably seated within the cover while the said material is in a lastic state and is thereby means 23 from being destroyed or otherwise broken from the exterior, the other end is provided with a closure plug M threaded n a flan bushin 25 secured in the vent, as by being place to set therein while the material is plastic, and having its flan e flush with the top wall of the cover; t e closure has its top surface-also flush with the flange and consequently with the cover when'it is screwed into position. This closure plug may be provided with a plurality of smaller vents or it may be arranged to be readily removed from the exterior.

In practice, the hollow receptacle having been seated in the ground, as shown, and the remains have been laced therein, the desired quantity of plastic bond, which may be cement or similar substance, is de ited in the roove 13 in the top edge of t 6 side and en walls of the hollow receptacle; the

cover member is then placed upon the hollow receptacle with the dependin flange thereof entering the groove 13. The ange acts upon the plastic and serves to force the same upwardly in the spaces between the walls of the flange and the walls of the groove. It is to be noted in this connection, however, that in theinnerspaces, that is m the spaces roperly embe ded in this material. In or er to prevent the frangible terior of the vault and thereby desecrating the same; any excess of plastic deposited in the groove is forced'outwardl through the inclined spaces where it may e removed or finished with a trowel or the like if desired.

When the plastic bond is hardened a unitary structure of great strength and durability is presented, as the reinforce of the concrete is substantially continuous and the hysical connection of the coverto the holowreceptacle is one of maximum efiiciency.

I claim:-

A burial vault comprising a hollow recep- .tacle including a bottom wall and-integral side and end walls having a groove formed in their top surfaces extendin entirely therearound, and a flange upstan ing above said top and conti uouswlth said groove and I extending entirely around the inner marginal portion thereof, said groove having an outer wall inclined upwardl and outwardly and an inner vertical wal coincident with the contiguous wall of said flange, a cover having a depending flange adaptedto fit in said a vertical wall and an inclined wall corresponding with-the res ctive walls of said groove,a plastic bon adapted to be ositioned in the s acesbetween the wal s of said groove an said depending flange to unite said cover to said hollow receptacle, a reinforcement in the bottom, side, and end walls of said hollow receptacle and having groove and having 

